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Energy Conservation: Federal Home Energy Audit Program Has Not Achieved Expectations

RCED-87-38 Published: Dec 30, 1986. Publicly Released: Dec 30, 1986.
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GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) Residential Conservation Service Program (RCS), specifically: (1) its potential for achieving energy savings; (2) its costs and benefits, including measured energy savings; and (3) utilities' implementation efforts and adoption of other residential conservation programs.

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